Art- First Day of Class

Today in class, we learned that the Renaissance really began with a competition to create panels for door to the Baptistery of Saint John in Florence.  The competition came down to two artist’s renditions of the sacrifice of Isaac: Filippo Brunelleschi, and Lorenzo Ghiberti.  Ghiberti became the victor, and Brunelleschi- a man of pride- gave up sculpture and travelled to Rome to study ancient art and architecture.  This would not be the last history would see of Brunelleschi, as this trip to Rome also played a major part in the construction of a Florence Renaissance.